2009 Corton Les Perrieres

The 2009 Corton-Les Perrieres is a rich, intense wine bursting with dark fruit. Some of the gravitas seems to have been achieved with a slight loss of verve. There is a slightly overripe quality to the fruit that sets the Perrieres apart from some of the other wines in the lineup. Meo says the vines were a bit stressed, even though the parcel was harvested earlier than some of the others. The Perrieres needed two additional days of fermentation to work through the sugars. Anticipated maturity: 2019-2034. Jean-Nicolas Meo began harvesting on September 12. He did 17-18 days of cuvaison and did one racking before the wines were prepared for bottling. I was not able to taste a handful of wines that were racked just before my visit, including the Cros Parantoux. Meo is among the growers who believe the 2009s will age well on their depth of fruit. Importer: Kermit Lynch, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 524-1524